Tulsan's don't care if we lose the tallest building title. We still have the prettiest, cleanest, most cosmopolitan, family friendly, manageable, dense, cultural, artsy, architecturally stunning, greenest, peaceful, musical, and vibrant city in the state. OKC can keep growing its cookie cutter housing and south Chicago neighborhoods, while Tulsa shines. As far as i'm concerned the Devon Tower would look much better in Tulsa. The only thing i envy about OKC is that it is the capital and that Stillwater is in it's sphere of influence more than Tulsa nowadays. That's about it. Love the Devon Tower btw

I just gotta say this. Oklahoma City is in the limelight. Tulsa isn't. For some reason, Tulsans are always touting their supposedly superior cosmopolitan, cultural, vibrant, dense, and friendly amenities, but mass and national media say otherwise. The numbers, stories, development, and growth speak for themselves. Tulsa is being left in the dust, no matter how pretty you say the trees are there.

I just gotta say this. Oklahoma City is in the limelight. Tulsa isn't. For some reason, Tulsans are always touting their supposedly superior cosmopolitan, cultural, vibrant, dense, and friendly amenities, but mass and national media say otherwise. The numbers, stories, development, and growth speak for themselves. Tulsa is being left in the dust, no matter how pretty you say the trees are there.

I agree! I dont mean to be such a OKC Homer,and I'm not anti-Tulsa,but some bs has got to be called out!dont get me wrong Tulsa is Beautiful and boast some of The Greatest Art Deco on Earth! How about this-GO Oklahoma!

fighting over the tallest building in the state. That doesn't make sense to me. We did that in our state once but that was for worlds tallest and before my time. What every gets the blood flowing. The design is top tier in terms of design.

Classof2010 did an AWESOME photo thread of downtown OKC and some of its densest new infill areas, just wanted to share these two photos with the Devon tower cranes in the skyline! You should look at the rest of his photos here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1125503

Tulsa rocked all the way until 2000. Now OKC has taken the lead. People knew Tulsa back in the day and couldn't have cared less for OKC, simple truth. And second OKC is "shining" thanks to the people taxing themselves for all their CBD and Bricktown projects, maybe not all but a lot. Good ol' "Public/Private Partnership" at it's finest. It's okay though because I'm for the betterment of Oklahoma as a whole so I have no problem with OKC emerging the way it is. Now let's all move on and never speak of this again. Thanks for the updates Classof and Shane, please keep them coming.

And speaking of other tower projects, whatever happened to the so called "rumored" mid or high rise residential tower planned by that strange, secretive guy...? Shane I think you may know who I'm talking about.

__________________Farewell Texas Stadium
1971-2008

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Crazyaboutcities- our skyline IS stuck in the 80s! Luckily we're getting good, modern infill on the ground levels though. Check out that photo thread I linked to if you want to see some of the new architectural styles in urban OKC.

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And speaking of other tower projects, whatever happened to the so called "rumored" mid or high rise residential tower planned by that strange, secretive guy...? Shane I think you may know who I'm talking about.

Yeah, Rick Dowell's thing. Still nothing has been said about it, but the urban development journalist Steve Lackmeyer does seem to occasionally allude to something else still being potentially out there. There was recently an article on how well Dowell's office tower renovation project in downtown is doing, so maybe once he has earned plenty of income from his other projects, he will move forward with whatever residential he may have planned.

There are also some midrises in the Medical District across the highway from downtown, so there are always a few tower cranes over there.

Wow lol. When they poured the base I was wondering if the size was going to match what the renderings made it look like. After some of the last pictures, it appears that yes, it's going to be very large overall.

__________________Farewell Texas Stadium
1971-2008

Principle 27: The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest.
-28 Principles of Freedom

"Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred."
-Jacques Barzun

Wow lol. When they poured the base I was wondering if the size was going to match what the renderings made it look like. After some of the last pictures, it appears that yes, it's going to be very large overall.

Yeah I had no real idea on how really big this thing is until I went down to The sight and looked at it in person,and Wow!it is a massive project!